The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the last meeting of the Committee, held on 13 February 2025.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests or Non-Registerable Interests, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

Subject to providing two working days’ notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee.

To provide the Committee with a periodic report on the Internal Audit function for the period January 2025 – March 2025, as required by the professional standards and to seek approval of the Audit Committee for the 2025/26 Internal Audit Strategy & Operational Plan.

To present to the Audit Committee an updated Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy and Fraud Risk Register.

To present for approval the Audit Committee’s proposed work programme covering the period April 2025 to March 2026

To present to the Committee the progress on outstanding actions identified by the Committee along with general updates on other issues that fall within the responsibilities of the Committee.

To present for consideration the External Auditor’s Draft Audit Plan and Strategy for the year ending 31 March 2025.

The Committee is asked to consider passing the following resolution:

“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of Agenda Item 10 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A, as amended, of the Act.”

To seek the necessary annual approval of the Council’s Risk Based Verification Policy.